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Baldwin Park

Baldwin Park from directly overhead

Baldwin Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Marine Nature Study Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 19 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.62559, -73.60860
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Oceanside Park: 1.0 mi
  • Wrights Field: 1.1 mi
  • Oceanside Landing Waterway Access Site: 1.2 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 1.2 mi
  • Milburn Park: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Nautical Mile: 1.5 mi
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 2.9 mi
  • Jamaica: 6.4 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 6.4 mi
  • JFK: 9.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Woodcleft Canal Site: 1.5 mi
  • Woodcleft Inn: 1.7 mi
  • Colonel James Dean Historic Site: 2.0 mi
  • Liberty Lighthouse: 2.0 mi
  • Brooklyn Waterworks: 2.2 mi
Museums
  • Baldwin Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Grist Mill Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Philips House: 3.2 mi
  • Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center: 3.8 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center: 4.2 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks: 40
Picnic sites: 33
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.2 mi
  • The Loch: 21.8 mi
  • The Falls: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Baldwin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNE 36°122 m16.2 mi
Harbor HillN 352°106 m12.1 mi
West HillsNE 35°106 m16.1 mi
Dix HillsNE 45°92 m18.8 mi
Signal HillNE 43°90 m18.2 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 34°85 m14.3 mi
Bronx High PointNW 321°85 m24.4 mi
Manhattan High PointNW 312°81 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4820:29
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333440505968757467564638
Precip in3.83.04.64.24.34.64.24.23.84.33.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron346 obs
  • Great Egret274 obs
  • Tree Swallow153 obs
  • Willet138 obs
  • Green Heron136 obs
  • Osprey136 obs
  • Greater Yellowlegs131 obs
  • Seaside Dragonlet112 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/329759886

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